A wafer-thin layer of rust, formed naturally in air, helped researchers spot a behavior many physicists have chased for decades. That oxide, hematite (α-Fe2O3), appeared on the top layer of a stacked ...
NbRe may be a long-sought triplet superconductor, offering zero-resistance spin transport and major advances in quantum computing.
Superconductivity is a quantum state of matter characterized by an electrical resistance of zero and the expulsion of magnetic fields at low temperatures below a critical point. Superconductors, ...
Ezio Todesco charts the future of high-field dipole magnets – a technology set to advance the boundaries of high-energy physics and the societal applications of superconductivity.
A multi-institutional team of scientists has developed a new superconductor material that could potentially be used in quantum computing and be a candidate 'topological superconductor.' A ...
Despite the headline, this isn’t really a story about superconductivity—at least not the superconductivity that people care ...
Scientists at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology believe they may have observed ...
Microsoft is researching and prototyping the implementation of high-temperature superconductors that could make data centers ...
South Korean scientists claim to have made a superconductor, LK-99, that works at room temperature. Experts are skeptical, but if such a material exists, it could boost energy production and storage.
The last week of July heralded not one but two scientific breakthroughs that have left the academic community abuzz and may bring us one step closer to the holy grail of fusion energy. Nuclear fusion ...
The news doesn’t go long without some kind of superconductor announcement these days. Unfortunately, these come in several categories: materials that require warmer temperatures than previous ...
RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A multi-institutional team of scientists in the United States, led by physicist Peng Wei at the University of California, Riverside, has developed a new superconductor material ...